For direct recruitment 10+2 or 12 Standard candidates with atleast 60% marks with English as compulsory subject [ excluding vocational stream], 55% for OBC and 45% for SC/ST will be eligible.
GDS should have obtained 50% marks in +2 or 12th standard and should have put in minimum 5 years service.
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Pattern of present syllabus for Postal Assistant /Sorting Assistant Examination
Objective Type question
The topics for the exam are English, mathematics, reasoning ability and numerical ability & general knowledge. The syllabus for the following topics is:
Mathematics
Sets
Relations and Functions
Sets and their Representations
Union, intersection and complements of sets
Algebraic properties of Sets
Equivalence relations
Mappings
Oneone
Into and onto mappings
Composition of mappings
Complex Numbers
Complex numbers in the form a+ib and their representation in a plane
Argand Diagram
Algebra of complex numbers
Modulus and Argument (or amplitude) of a complex number
Square root of a complex number
Cube roots of unity
Triangle inequality
Matrices and Determinants
Reasoning ability
The test will be also having questions from
Analogies
Analysis
Analytical functions
Arithmetical computation
Arithmetical number series
Arithmetical reasoning
Decision making
Discrimination
Judgment
Observation
Problem solving
Relationship concepts
Similarities
Space visualization
Symbols and their relations
Verbal and figure classification
Visual memory
English language
The questions will be based on:
Grammar
Vocabulary
Sentence completion
Synonyms
Antonyms
Comprehension of a passage
Numeric Ability
The questions will be from topics like,
Decimals and fractions
Relationship between numbers
General knowledge and general awareness
